Are you tired of ineffective debates and not being able to be persuasive? Do you see others who can instantly connect to others and seem to be able to sway opinions their way easily? What if I told you that you could be just as persuasive? You can be.Conversational hypnosis is your gateway to becoming a better communicator, with better persuasive power and the ability to influence. Linguistic principles are used to improve the power of your speech, making people pay attention and l...

Permanent exclusion is the most severe sanction a school can impose on a child and the number of permanently excluded children is rising. Based on systematic observation of exclusion appeal panel hearings.Challenges to School Exclusion offers a unique insight into the appeal process. It focuses on:*mechanisms by which parents and children can challenge permanent exclusion*the law and current practice*the social context of exclusion*reforms of the appea...

A woman, a hand, a diamond? Mystery! At least for Isobel Van Dursan, the peripatetic "hit-woman" who continuously finds herself embroiled in murders, by both her own hand and others. A diamond ring is the focus of this new novel from Ann Blair Kloman, carrying the reader from Newport, RI, to Bainbridge Island, WA, and Old Lyme, CT, before returning to Isobels home base of Elmore Harbor, Maine.

A documentary-style collection of stories, poems, essays, and interviews by Southeastern Native American women.Upon Her Shoulders is a collection of stories, poems, and prose by Southeastern Native American women whose narratives attest to the hard work and activism required to keep their communities well and safe. This collection highlights Native female voices in the Southeast, a region and its peoples rarely covered in other publications.The edi...

An essential guide to the ways information has shaped and been shaped by societiesThanks to recent advances, we now enjoy seemingly unlimited access to information. How did information become so central to our everyday lives? This book traces the global emergence of information practices and technologies across pivotal epochs and regions, providing invaluable historical perspectives on the ways information has shaped and been shaped by societies. Featuring the core...

Caroline has come to visit her aunt in England from America. She has always managed to be in control when it came to her relationships, but while in England, she encounters a man who might make her lose that control.

Elìa has grown up reading and listening to fantasy stories. She adores the whimsical adventure of fairy and the inventive sub-creation of the genre. Not only that, Elìa is from a fantasy world herself and grew up hearing the folklore, histories, and legends as her parents taught her the importance of knowing where you come from.As she seeks the arch that leads to her home-world from ours, Elìa hopes that her knowledge of fantasy stories will help her right a great wrong, one that l...

A lady’s guidebook to losing weight, falling in love, and enduring the doomsday.Join the female protagonist and her eccentric colleagues in finding love, crisscrossing adventures, and getting fit amidst the disaster. This novel is for those who desire inspiration and enthusiasm in changing their life and physique, accepting the past, overcoming depression, in the midst of cataclysmic events happening in the world.

It all started with a kiss. Just a kiss for someone, but secretly, it meant the world for both of them. Follow Noah’s journey on how he captured the heart of his brother’s best friend, breaking the limits of the rules set by the two BFFs.

What’s it like to be the first one to discover a new species, to see life take a form that no one else has ever seen before? In this anthology of innovative speculative writing and art, 18 contributors capture the moment of discovery and awe when we encounter a new species. By turns humorous, horrific, and awe-inspiring, their work invites you to turn a scientist's eye on the the world of the fantastical.

More than a book, Active Living Every Day presents a scientifically tested step-by-step program with evidence-based behavior change strategies for becoming more physically active. Designed to make active lifestyles available to people everywhere, it offers updated research showing the need to be physically active and demonstrates the proven effectiveness of this program.Regular physical activity is an important key to a healthy, happy lifestyle. The many b...

The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense of "information overload," yet this experience is not unique to modern times. In fact, says Ann M. Blair in this intriguing book, the invention of the printing press and the ensuing abundance of books provoked sixteenth- and seventeenth-century European scholars to register complaints very similar to our own. Blair examines methods of information management in ancient and medieval Eur...